Determination of the Direction to the Source of Radio Emission in a Radio Direction Finder with a Five-Element Ring Antenna Array and Total Difference Processing
https://doi.org/10.35596/1729-7648-2024-22-1-64-73
Abstract
One of the methods for measuring the direction of arrival of an electromagnetic wave from a radio source by an automatic direction finder with a small antenna base and a limited number of channels of the radio receiving path is proposed. The problems that arise during the implementation of this method are listed, and suggestions for their solution are presented. A block diagram has been obtained and a layout of a radio direction finder has been created, in which the processing device is implemented using a two-channel LimeSDR transceiver. The results of the radio direction finder test for detecting and evaluating the direction of an unmanned aerial vehicle are presented.
About the Authors
Y. N. Builou
Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Builou Yauheni Nikolaevich, Cand. of Sci., Leading Researcher of the Scientific Research Laboratory of the Scientific Research Part
220057, Minsk, Nezavisimosti Ave., 220
Tel.: +375 29 852-99-82
А. S. Solonar
JSC “KB Radar” – Managing Company of “Radar Systems” Holding
Belarus
Belarus
Cand. of Sci., Leading Researcher
Minsk
Р. V. Boykachev
Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Cand. of Sci., Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Tactics and Armament of Radio Engineering Troops
Minsk
I. A. Dubovik
Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Cand. of Sci., Senior Lecturer at the Department of Automation, Radar and Receiving and Transmitting Devices
Minsk
I. B. Kozhabaeva
Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeev
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Senior Lecturer
Almaty
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Builou Y.N., Solonar А.S., Boykachev Р.V., Dubovik I.A., Kozhabaeva I.B. Determination of the Direction to the Source of Radio Emission in a Radio Direction Finder with a Five-Element Ring Antenna Array and Total Difference Processing. Doklady BGUIR. 2024;22(1):64-73. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35596/1729-7648-2024-22-1-64-73
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